A Long-Running Hit for Television News
Date: 22 April 2001
By Patricia Weiss
Patricia Weiss
Profile of Joanne Nesti, who will soon celebrate her 20th anniversary as WVIT-TV news anchor, which is unusual in Connecticut, where most TV news anchors frequently move from station to station; photo (M)
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CNN Video Archives to Become Digital Database
Date: 23 April 2001
By Susan Stellin
Susan Stellin
Sony and International Business Machines Corp have developed system to convert 115,000 hours of videotape CNN has collected over 21 years to digital format, creating computerized database that will make it easier to find, retrieve and distribute news clips; system will soon include new video material as it comes in from field, making it easier for news producers to assemble and edit video clips; may eventually make possible sale to public of news video material on Internet or through high-speed interactive cable systems; photo (M)
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Pound Ridge Still Beckons
Date: 22 April 2001
By Cynthia Magriel Wetzler
Cynthia Wetzler
Profile of Ari Fleischer, Pres Bush's press secretary; he comments on growing up in Pound Ridge, NY; photos (M)
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With Airports Like This, Why Dine on the Plane?
Date: 22 April 2001
By Hope Reeves
Hope Reeves
Best Concessions Contest conducted by Airport Retail News awards Kennedy and La Guardia Airports six first-place prizes, more than any other system in US, for design of eating and drinking spaces; photo (M)
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Quietly, Earnhardt Jr. Focuses on His Racing
Date: 22 April 2001
By Dave Caldwell
Dave Caldwell
Dale Earnhardt Jr tries to focus on his racing career, grieving silently for his father, who was killed two months ago on final lap of Daytona 500; reporters are asked not to question him directly about accident (M)
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Alitalia Talks To Air France About Forming An Alliance
Date: 23 April 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Air France says it is in talks with Alitalia about possible alliance (M)
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With No Competition, Newspaper Is a Gold Mine
Date: 22 April 2001
James D Storozuk letter on April 1 article on byline strike at Jersey Journal recalls time editors at Paterson News awarded bylines only for major news article or for especially well-done features
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With No Competition, Newspaper Is a Gold Mine
Date: 22 April 2001
Juan Albornoz letter on April 1 article on byline strike by reporters and writers at Jersey Journal notes absence of competition since newspaper bought The Hudson Dispatch
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 23 April 2001
INTERNATIONAL A3-10 Trade Zone for Americas Reaffirmed as Summit Ends Pledging equal support to the ideals of democracy and free trade, 34 leaders of the Western Hemisphere closed a summit meeting in Quebec by reinforcing their commitment to a vast free trade area of the Americas and vowing to ensure that its benefits are shared by all 800 million people in the Americas. A1 Crew Says It Protested Attack Civilians hired by the C.I.A. to fly an American surveillance plane that tracks suspected drug-runners in Peru tried on Friday to stop the Peruvian Air Force from attacking a plane carrying American missionaries, United States officials said. Two people died in the attack. A1
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A Nose for News Sites
Date: 23 April 2001
, International Herald Tribune
Walter Wells, until recently managing editor of the International Herald Tribune, signs off with his picks for news sources on the Net. "After a long career in journalism, where a principal perk was the ready access to a wide array of news wires, mov
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